Colonial Sugar

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Queensland, Australia
Surnames/tags: Queensland Australia

Sugar.

The Queensland Sugar Industry first began in 1862, and gained momentum after the Sugar Act of 1864.

• Claudius Buchanan Whish built the Oaklands Mill, in 1865, later drowning with his wife, when the RMS Quetta sank in 1890

• Morayfield Plantation started by George Raff

• Mon Repos, Queensland
• https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/barton-augustus-perting-69
• https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20769155
• https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/mon-repos-plantation
• https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cran-robert-5808
• https://www.bundabergnow.com/2020/01/27/frederic-william-buss-bundaberg/
• Frederick Buss

• Sunnyside Plantation

Sources

See Also:

• Central Mill Ruins
• Fairymead
• Sugar Statistics to 2020
• List of Mills, Qld
• "Sugar Cane Cultivation Begins In Queensland-Australian Food Timeline". 1860. Australian Food Timeline.First Plantation
• "Sugar Regions | Queensland Places". 2021. Queenslandplaces.Com.Au.Regions